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8vo. (9 x 6 inches). pp.vi, 159 + colophon page. Quarter red cloth over decorated black cloth, with a little rubbing to the edges. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Ink gift inscription to L. Binyon, dated March '26 and signed only 'with compliments of the translator'. Number 21 of an edition limited to 100 copies. Original thin glassine d/w, but quite badly chipped, torn, creased. O/w a near fine copy. Curwen Press. We reduce the default shipping charge for lighter books or use it for a tracked service if books are expensive or uncommon. We pack books securely in boxes, or corrugated card or cardboard, and protect corners with bubble-wrap. Codice inventario libreria

Descrizione libro Privately Printed, London, 1926. First Edition. vi,159,[1]pp. + colophon page. Printed on quality deckle dge paper. Quarter red cloth with black cloth patterned with small gilt squares. Top edge gilt. Board corners worn. Except for slight bump in text block, contents very good, clean and tight. "One hundred copies of this edition have been printed at the Curwen Press, London for presentation by the translator" [#86]. INSCRIBED BY WOODWARD: "My dear -- Forgive me for sending you a gift which you may probably look at as a burden. But Hill liked it, & that goes a long way. Anyway the original contains some of the finest work that D'Annunzio ever did. So forgive, Yours ever, W.H.W.". *** GABRIELE D/ANNUNZIO, 1863-1938, Italian poet, dramatist, short-story writer, journalist, military hero, and political leader, one of the most prolific and controversial writers of the turn of the twentieth century and of the Fascist era. *** D'Annunzio's greatest play was "La Figlia di Iorio"[performed 1904; first English translation, "The Daughter of Jorio" in 1907], a powerful poetic drama of the fears and superstitions of Abruzzi peasants. Codice articolo 002323